"At that time, I felt that I was the only one left in the world. I was lonely, more lonely than anything else. I felt like I just wanted to disappear into the void without thinking about it." Hashimoto Nana took a sip of the wine in the glass and said this.
One sentence.
Nishino Kazuki arrived at this izakaya as soon as he received her call. The location is remote, there are few guests, and even the izakaya itself has a limited area.
After entering this izakaya, the boss led him into Hashimoto Nanami's private room.
It is said to be a private room, but it is actually just a small space separated by purple curtains. There are two horizontal sofas and a rectangular dark wooden table. There is a dim light above the head. Every time you come in, there are two purple curtains.
There will be a "stuck" sound.
"I didn't expect you to be so negative." When Kazuki Nishino heard this, he couldn't match Hashimoto Nanami's original impression in his mind.
"This is not negative, it's just my feeling, using the words of Murakami Murakami." Hashimoto Nana smiled as if she was self-deprecating, and then said to Nishino Kazuki, "You also order a bar, let's drink today
a little."
"Okay." Although Nishino Kazuki is not a good drinker, he should be better than a girl like Hashimoto Nanami.
"Do you know why I came to this izakaya?" Hashimoto Nanami asked while Nishino Kazuki was looking through the menu.
"Why?"
"Because this was the place where I worked before I became an idol." Hashimoto Nanami seemed to sigh endlessly, "I have experienced a lot of time here, and those busy and fulfilling days seem to have passed in an instant to me."
"My boss is also very kind to me. He understands my difficulties and gives me a very high hourly wage."
Nishino Kazuki thought of the boss he had just seen, with his old-fashioned black-framed glasses and hair slightly mixed with white hair. His face was very serious, and he did not expect to be a good person.
"Did you drink a lot when I came?" Nishino Kazuki suddenly asked.
"No." Hashimoto Nana was stunned for a moment, "Why do you ask?"
"Because you talk a lot today, I'm not used to it."
"Maybe it's because I stayed at home for too long and there was no one to talk to, so I kept those words in my stomach, but when I spoke, I burst out in one breath." Nana Hashimoto smiled, "I'm sorry."
She suddenly apologized.
Nishino Kazuki shook his head: "It doesn't matter."
What Hashimoto Nana drank was Japanese-style shochu. The alcohol content was not high, but for a girl who doesn’t drink often, it was still a bit choking.
It can be seen from her frown and pursed mouth.
"Why don't you ask me what happened to me recently?" After finishing the glass, Hashimoto Nana picked up the wine bottle on the table and filled it up for herself.
"You will tell me later when you want to."
"You're really bad at pretending to be cool." Hashimoto Nanami suddenly laughed, but the sound wasn't very loud, and it didn't seem too weird in such a small private room.
"Isn't that what is said in TV dramas? The male and female protagonists will say this when something happens." Kazuki Nishino explained, "It seems that the male protagonist is very gentle."
Hashimoto Nana looked up at him, then brushed her hair from her forehead and said: "I'm not a heroine, I'm just a third-rate supporting actor at best."
She seemed to mean something, but Nishino Kazuki didn't seem to think deeply about it.
"sorry for disturbance."
There was a sound outside the private room, and then the curtain was opened, and the boss stood alone outside the curtain holding a tray.
"These are the two cups you ordered, please take them slowly." The boss wearing glasses had a smile on his face, completely unlike the person Nishino Kazuki saw before, "Hashimoto, you can drink with confidence today.
I'll close it after you leave."
"Thank you for your care." Nana Hashimoto thanked him.
Afterwards, the boss took a deep look at Nishino Kazuki and left.
"Although it is an izakaya, it closes very early. The boss promised his wife that she must go home before 1 o'clock every day, and she often stayed up waiting for him to come back, so the agreement was made naturally."
"That's really good." Nishino Kazuki nodded, "Thank you boss, let's have a drink first."
Nishino Kazuki raised the wine glass he had just placed on the table and gestured towards Hashimoto Nanami.
Hashimoto Nana also picked up the small wine glass, the two of them touched it lightly, the glass made a crisp sound, and then drank it down.
"It looks like you have a good drinking capacity." Nishino Kazuki said.
"I don't know, it's the first time I drank so much." Nanami Hashimoto said, touching her cheek, "It didn't turn red, right?"
He turned half of his face and let Nishino Kazuki look at him openly.
"It's too dark here to see anything, but I think it should be fine."
"Are you saying this because you want me to drink more so you can get me drunk?"
Nana Hashimoto seemed to be really tipsy, even though she said such words, it also seemed that the two of them were very close and were friends.
"Get drunk and then I take the risk of being secretly photographed by reporters and send you home drunk?"
"But I've never been drunk before, so I don't know what kind of experience this is."
"It's probably because I feel nauseous and want to vomit, and my thinking becomes faster but my actions are slower." Nishino Kazuki thought about how he looked when he was drunk.
"Yes, but don't worry, I don't plan to get drunk today." Hashimoto Nana smiled again. I don't know if she was pretending to be so relaxed or if it was true.
Nishino Kazuki knows that when certain people encounter uncomfortable things, they will become happier, as if they suppress those things in their hearts and use superficial happiness to perfunctory themselves.
When the pain breaks out again, it will be more intense and more urgent.
"Then thank you very much." Nishino Kazuki complained.
"But reporters from Bunchun have been calling me recently, saying they want to interview me." Nana Hashimoto paused, "They clearly wrote about the matter in a high-sounding way, and they even pretended that they could do an exclusive interview with me. It's really disgusting."
"They have always been like this. They reported your scandal and asked you to explain the scandal yourself."
In later generations, Watabe Ken and Wen Chun gave him an exclusive interview after reporting the news of his affair. He should obviously hate this magazine, but he had to let them go.
Of course, Ken Watanabe himself is not a good person.
"What exactly is this matter?" Nishino Kazuki asked the question, which is also the reason for coming today.
"Don't worry, we have a lot of time to talk about this."
Nishino Kazuki could see the blush on her cheeks at this moment, and the dim light reflected a different feeling.
She craned her neck to look at Nishino Kazuki, a pair of earrings dangling like ripe fruits frightened.
For Nishino Kazuki, Hashimoto Nana was very special tonight. Her way of speaking, her smile, and her personality seemed to make her known all over again.